Moderna, Inc.

Specialist, Quality Assurance

Moderna, Inc.$84K — $93K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a science field or equivalent experience
  • 3 - 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing or related field
  • Strong understanding of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP)
  • Fluency in both French and English
  • Ability to work across rotating shifts

Responsibilities

  • Provide real-time Quality support on the manufacturing floor
  • Make timely quality decisions and proactively identify risks
  • Perform routine facility walkthroughs for GMP compliance
  • Ensure adherence to cGMP and documentation standards
  • Practice safe work habits and identify efficiency improvements
  • Issue and manage laboratory notebooks and documentation
  • Support Material Release and Batch Record Review activities

Benefits

  • Competitive healthcare with voluntary benefit programs
  • Holistic wellness approach with access to fitness and mental health support
  • Family building assistance including fertility and adoption support
  • Generous paid time off including vacation and sabbatical options
  • Savings and investment plans to secure your financial future
  • Location-specific perks and extras
Full Job Description
The Role:

At our Laval site, you'll play a critical role in ensuring the highest quality standards across GMP manufacturing operations, helping bring innovative mRNA medicines to patients worldwide. Working at the heart of manufacturing, you'll provide real-time quality oversight, partner closely with cross-functional teams, and help build a culture where quality, compliance, and continuous improvement drive every decision.

This is an opportunity for a quality professional who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, enjoys making informed decisions in real time, and is excited to leverage digital technologies and emerging AI-enabled tools to continuously strengthen quality operations and operational excellence.

Here's What You'll Be Doing:
  • Providing real-time, on-the-floor Quality support to Manufacturing through direct observation of manufacturing activities and monitoring process operations for compliance with established specifications.
  • Making timely quality decisions while escalating issues that may impact operations and proactively identifying risks and gaps within GMP processes and quality systems.
  • Performing routine facility walkthroughs to verify suite readiness, GMP compliance, implementation of best practices and support troubleshooting activities.
  • Ensuring adherence to cGMP requirements, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and manufacturing documentation while partnering with Manufacturing and support teams to manage new deviation events and review minor manufacturing deviations.
  • Practicing safe work habits while following Moderna's safety procedures and identifying opportunities to improve operational efficiency.
  • Working effectively within a shift structure, making independent decisions while appropriately escalating critical issues.
  • Coordinating and approving deviation records.
  • Coordinating and approving minor change control records.
  • Issuing laboratory notebooks and logbooks while maintaining inventory control.
  • Managing document archival activities, ensuring complete traceability for archived and retrieved documentation.
  • Supporting Material Release, Batch Record Review and Product Disposition activities while demonstrating the flexibility to directly perform these responsibilities when required.
  • Monitoring quality system metrics and process performance indicators to ensure compliance and operational excellence.
  • Serving as a role model for Quality Culture while collaborating effectively across cross-functional teams.
  • Supporting training coordination, capability development and professional growth within the QA organization.
  • Authoring, reviewing and approving quality documentation including SOPs, Work Instructions, Forms and Training Materials to ensure regulatory compliance and cGMP adherence.
  • Championing continuous improvement initiatives through strengthened quality systems, streamlined business processes and an increasingly capable workforce.
  • Following all applicable GxP regulations, internal policies, SOPs and work instructions to ensure consistent compliance.
  • Maintaining Good Documentation Practices and Data Integrity standards to support business operations, regulatory inspections and audits.
  • Completing all required training according to defined qualification and requalification schedules.
  • Contributing to an inclusive, collaborative and innovative working environment.
  • Supporting internal audits and regulatory inspections.
  • Providing Quality oversight of the site's Contamination Control Strategy.
  • Providing Quality oversight of the Environmental Monitoring Program for cleanrooms and utilities.
  • Providing Quality oversight of the Facility Sanitization Program.


The key Moderna Mindsets you'll need to succeed in the role:

We behave like owners. The solutions we're building go beyond any job description.

We act with dynamic range, driving strategy and execution at the same time at every step.

Here's What You'll Need (Basic Qualifications):
  • Education: Bachelor's Degree in a science field (e.g., Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Pharmacy,
  • etc.) or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Experience: 3 - 5 years of pharmaceutical or related work experience with emphasis on current Good Manufacturing Practices.
  • Demonstrated aptitude or ability to learn in order to gain a strong understanding of GxP regulations.
  • Fluency in French and English as working language.
  • Demonstrated ability and willingness to work across rotating shifts, including morning, afternoon and night shifts


Rémunération et avantages sociaux

Chez Moderna, nous croyons que lorsque vous vous sentez au mieux de votre forme, vous pouvez donner le meilleur de vous-même.

C'est pourquoi nos avantages sociaux mondiaux et nos ressources en matière de bien-être sont conçus pour vous soutenir - au travail, à la maison et partout entre les deux.
  • Des soins de santé de premier ordre, ainsi que des programmes d'avantages volontaires adaptés à vos besoins spécifiques
  • Une approche holistique du bien-être, avec un accès à des services de remise en forme, de pleine conscience et de soutien en santé mentale
  • Des avantages pour la construction familiale, y compris un soutien en matière de fertilité, d'adoption et de gestation pour autrui
  • Des congés généreux, incluant les vacances, les jours fériés, les journées de bénévolat, les congés sabbatiques, les journées mondiales de ressourcement, ainsi qu'une fermeture discrétionnaire en fin d'année
  • Des solutions d'épargne et d'investissement pour vous aider à planifier votre avenir
  • Des avantages et extras spécifiques à chaque lieu


Les avantages offerts peuvent varier en fonction de la nature de votre emploi chez Moderna et du pays dans lequel vous travaillez

La fourchette salariale pour ce poste est de $84,730.88 - $93,649.92. Cette fourchette représente le salaire de base minimal et maximal que nous prévoyons offrir pour ce poste selon notre structure de rémunération actuelle. Le salaire de base réellement offert à chaque employé est déterminé avec diligence, en tenant compte de facteurs tels que l'expérience pertinente, les compétences, les qualifications, la formation, le rendement et les besoins de l'entreprise.

Nous révisons régulièrement les fourchettes salariales et la rémunération individuelle afin d'assurer notre compétitivité par rapport au marché externe et de maintenir l'équité interne, conformément aux principes de rémunération et de transparence salariale de l'entreprise.

La personne retenue pourrait être admissible à une prime annuelle discrétionnaire, à d'autres formes de rémunération incitative ou à une attribution de titres de participation, sous réserve des critères d'admissibilité applicables aux régimes en vigueur et du rendement individuel.

Veuillez noter que ces renseignements sont fournis à des fins de transparence et de conformité réglementaire. Ils ne constituent pas un engagement contractuel ni une garantie d'un taux de rémunération précis.

Pay & Benefits

At Moderna, we believe that when you feel your best, you can do your best work. That's why our global benefits and well-being resources are designed to support you-at work, at home, and everywhere in between.
  • Competitive healthcare, plus voluntary benefit programs to support your unique needs
  • A holistic approach to well-being with access to fitness, mindfulness, and mental health support
  • Family building benefits, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support
  • Generous paid time off, including vacation, bank holidays, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
  • Savings and investments to help you plan for the future
  • Location-specific perks and extras


The benefits offered may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Moderna and the country where you work.

The salary range for this role is $84,730.88 - $93,649.92. This range reflects the minimum and maximum base pay we expect to pay for this position based on our current compensation structure. The actual base pay offered to each employee is determined with due diligence, taking into account factors such as relevant experience, skills, qualifications, education, performance, and business requirements.

We regularly review pay ranges and individual compensation to ensure competitiveness with the external market and to maintain internal equity in alignment with our company's compensation and pay-transparency principles.

The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, other incentive compensation, or an equity award, subject to applicable plan eligibility criteria and individual performance.

Please note that this information is provided for transparency and compliance purposes. It does not constitute a contractual commitment or guarantee of a specific rate of pay.

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Moderna, Inc.

More Pharmaceuticals & Biotech Jobs

Find similar Specialist, Quality Assurance jobs: